Vehicle-spring



(No Model.)

B. S. SMITH.

VEHICLE fiPRING.

Patented Mar. 23

flawed/ Attorney UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDVVABD S. SMITH, OF OVID, MICHIGAN.

VEHICLE-SPRING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 338,564, dated March23, 1886.

Application filed July 28, 1885. Serial No. 172,888. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDWARD S. SMITH, of Ovid, county of Clinton, Stateof Michigan, have invented a new and useful Improvement inVehicle-Springs; andIdeclare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the same, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it pertains to make and use it, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to improvements in that class of vehicles havingside bars, equalizers at the front and rear connected with the sidebars, side springs connected with the equalizers, and torsionalcross-springs connected with the vehicle-body and with the side bars.

The invention has for its object to provide a novel construction andcombination of devices for providing an easy-riding vehicle. This Iaccomplish in the manner and by the means hereinafter described andclaimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, in whichFigure l is an inverted plan view of a de-' vice embodying my invention.Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a separate viewshowing the manner of engaging the torsion-springs with the sidesprings. Fig. 4 is a separate view of one ofthe brackets.

A represents the body; B B, the side bars; 0 C, the axles.

D D represent equalizers running trans versely with the axles betweenthem and the vehicle-body. The equalizers are secured at theirextremities in any suitable manner.

E E represent side springs secured at their forward and rear ends,respectively, to said equalizers, although they might be secureddirectly to the axles instead, if preferred 5 but by securing their saidends to the equalizers greater firmness is secured, and the body is lessliable to have a rocking motion. The inner ends of said sidesprings-that is, the ends projecting toward the middle of thevehicle-bodyare respectively engaged with torsion-springs F F. Thesetorsion-springs each extend from one side the vehicle-body acrossunderneath the same, as shown in Fig. 1, said springs being secured tothe vehiclebody by means of brackets G G, each of said bracketsconstructed with a squared orifice, g, to receive the end of thetorsion-spring, which is squared to engage therewith, so as to be heldrigidly thereby, and also an annular orifice, through which thetorsionspring is passed toward its opposite end, so that said end mayhave a rotary movement in said socket.

The movable end of each of the torsionsprings is engaged with itsadjacent side spring, bending the said end of the torsionspring, andengaging it upon the side spring by means of a clip, H, located upon theupper side of the spring. The brackets are secured to the side sills ofthe vehicle-body. It is obvious that the ends of the torsion-springsopposite their engagement with said side springs are held stationary bythe bracket by the squared orifice, the torsion being permitted at theopposite end as the side springs are depressed, the strain beingcommunicated from said side springs to the torsion-springs. The saidsprings may be located between the vehicle-body and the side bars.

I am aware that a vehicle-spring has been constructed of a bar or rodextending transversely across the body of the vehicle and securedthereto at one end, its other end be ing bent at right angles to thetransverse portion, so as to lie horizontally along the vehicle, andsecured to the axle. I am also aware that a spring has been madeconsisting of a transverse bar having side springs connected at each endthereof. Such constructions are not my invention, and are not claimed byme.

What I claim is The combination of the side bars, B B, and the front andrear transverse equalizers, D D, connected at their ends with the sidebars, with the pairs of brackets G G, each constructed with a square anda circular orifice, the front and rear pairs of torsional springs, F F,the former having square ends engaging the square orifices in thebrackets, and the others having circular ends engaging the circularorifices in the brackets, and each of said torsional springs having itsother end bent, as described, the side springs, E E, connected with theequalizers, and clips H, connecting the bent ends of both pairs oftorsional springs with the side springs, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I sign this specification in the presence of twowitnesses.

Witnesses: EDIVARD S. SMITH.

N. S. WRIGHT, M. B. ODOGHERTY.

